Symplocos pulvinata

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Symplocos pulvinata

Description

Sparsely foliaged tree, 12-18 m high. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, acute or faintly acuminate with cuneate base and glandular crenate or dentate margin, obovate, 12-21 by 4½-10½ cm; Ovary glabrous, oblique, 1-1½ mm at one, c. 2 mm at the other side; Fruit ovoid, deeply violet, c. 13 by 6-8 mm; Seed 1, uncinately curved towards the base with curved embryo.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, East New Guinea present, Koitaki present, Normanby I present
Malesia: East New Guinea (Koitaki and Normanby I.), 2 collections.